, 1887-08-13

under liability to indenture on arrival, 3,511,
The classification of the latter under Ordi-
nance 7 of 1873 ~was:EAdults, a2,974s 2,077e
men, 897 -womenl; Minors, 70 t35 males,
A females; Infants, 458 (238 males, 220
females); total 3,511 souls@3,D033 statute
adults. Among the Immigrants were 245
who had previously ~aompleted q 4term Of ser-f
wee here and We're r s4l2f qgt to the the colony,
colonies. Remittafcesi amounting IN the ag-
gregate to 1909 rupees were madefby' some
Of those immigrantsShfoughI hedEmigration
Agent at Calcutta, for payment on their arrl-
val IN the colony. Among the arrivals during
the season were III (82 males and 90 fem1les(
who came at their own expense, and were
registered as "casuals, 7 but whether the Sc
passengers from Calcutta We're included III
that number. IS not very clear; presumably
they were. The 3,511 immigrants landed
minus the infants, we presuIne-appear' to
have been all indentured but 11l-oddly
enough exactly the same number as the
"Casuals"-67 men and A women, were
found Ineffective; in SO cases an abatement
was made from the indenture fee, and in II
no fee was charged, IA men and 4 women
died, and 4 men and 4 women became dis
qualified for estate labourf within three months
after arrival, and in those 26 cases the inden-
Uu1O . WIS ISIuIluUQsFt OUOHC0uDI0S = WClG
registered on arrival as man and wife, ana
during the year 81 couples resident in the
colony were married under the provisions of
Section 8 of the Heather Marriage Ordinance
10 of 1860. Several marriages celebrated by
clergymen of different denominations also were
reported; and Mr.. Alexander says it has
now become the general practice to ascertain
by reference to the immigration Office before
celebrating marriages between Immigrants
whether any legal impeachment exists. This
most needful preliminary was frequently
neglected in former years, with the result that
IN some cases persons already married, with
spouses still living, have again gone through
the ceremony, such marriages being, of course,
illegal.
The first indication of increasing material
prosperity and more provident habits on the
part of the immigrants which the report
affords is to be found in the statistics which
are given in connection with the Savings
Banks throughout the colony. The deposits
by East Indian immigrants in the banks and.
branch banks at Georgetown, New Amster-.
dam, Suddie and Belfeld, amounted on 31st
December 1885 to no less than G89,740 IT'S.
81. sterling, the number of depositors being
1865. The amounts deposited at the several
places at which banks exist were: George
town, 956,006 3s. I'D; New Amsterdam,
G18,285 9s. SID; suddie, CLOSES las. 41d.
Bel6eld, $3.50 9s. SD. Chinese immigrants
also owned deposits amounting in the aggre-.
gate to 1856 SIS. It'd. 1854 lbs. Cd. at George
town; by SO depositors; G219 los. lid. at
New Amsterdam, by 10 depositors, and E12
Is. I'd. at Suddie, lbyG 6 depositors. Q Dis
tributed equally among thee depositors,
the sums at theirs credit would average
nearly Gig per head fQln the East In
dams and e12' for the Chinese, The fig
uresl shew an increase over 1885, both in
amount and in 9~heeInud1bers ofaldeposits,
which, as Mr.. Alexander Observes is oil the
more satisfactory as. in both the preceding
years there had beer" a Considerable reduce
ton. He also observes sthat there can be
no doubt. that if theAmeans of fdepositing
their savings were brought more within the
reach of the people than is the case under
the present Savings Bank system, the sums
deposited would be very much Increased"
And ia support of that opinion he makes quo
tations from the annual reports of Sub.
Agents. Bennett in Essequebo,, and Gordon
on the East Coast, Demerara. The former
recommends the introduction of the Post
Office Savings Banks system; the latter, the
establishment of branch banks at P~laisance
and Mahaica, to be open on days when the
branch at Belield is closed ]FfI 9fff saf1
Then we havefa sistatement 9of9 licences
issued to Indian and Chinese Immigrants
during the year. In this connection "a COM